Paper box



A (No Model.) v4.SheetsY--Shheet 1.

W. B. HOWE 83T. B. DAVIDSON 'PAPER BOX. l

Patented Dec. 19

(No Model.) l4 sneecssheez 2. W. B. HWE 8v F. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER B0X,

PatentedDec. 19, 1893.

(-ho Mardel.) i V4 V'Sheets-Sheet: W. B. HOWE 8; F. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPBILBDX.

No. 511,080. .Patentsd Deo. '19, 1893.

In r' mo 14.5.

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` W. B. HOWE 8L P. 'B. DAVIDSON.

FABER BOX. N0. 511,080. Patenrifd D66. 19, 1891) In 116/2 L0 PJ frcandy, for shipment rele or other receptacles the cireularcrss see-` Unison STATES PATENT esteis,

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K SPECIFICATION foi-ming par: df 'Letters Patent No. 511,080, aerea necember v1e, isos. i Application-tiled February 2B, 18.98. Serial NOAH/M1189.v flii'o, model.l l

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VBe 1t known that we, XVARREN B.-I:l0\\E n and FRANK B. DAVIDSON, of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of I llinois, have ini vented certain newgmd useful Improvements in Peper Boxes; and we' do hereby declare. that the following is el full, clear, and exact 4 Y description thereof, referenee'heing hadto the `mreompanyrig drawings, and to the/letters of reference marked thereon, which form a. part of this spooitiction. 'A

Onrinvention'relates to improvements in paper boxes or cartons of that class in which the side wallsare provided et their edges with integral flaps which vinterlock to yform the.

l end ofY the box, the whole being adapted to knock down 4 or fold f l'at when such inter- 4 locking flaps are disengaged.'

The object of the in vention is to provide au I improved construction in primer boxes of the class referred to, and to this end it consistsin the matters hereinafter described and prtichlarly pointed out in the appended claims.

" Our xmprovementsare especially applica.`

l bie to sector-shaped boxes used in pack-ing seine kinds of merchandise, forxsmple, stick in buckets, poils, bar# tionof' which renders it necessary thatv the y0 boxe'stobefpacked therein should be sector.-

shaped in order that there may be no loss of are side however, mustapproximete 'a curve and to' this end is usually'eomposedof s plurality of sections made V,standing in the same .relation tothe theoretical arco! theseetor that the sides of a. regulu polygon. .do to the For example, in one sector-shaped box h retoforernade the sroside of theliox is mde np of three sections,zthe center one of lwhich carries the tuck for securing thejlapsbforming the end o1"` the box. This box, however, cannotl be collapsedy and laid flat for packing and shipment in knock-down form with'.

ont the formation of an extra creuseextendi Ving the fulliength'of the-center section and et the took carried thereby; such crease ob of equal width and y circumseribing circle'.4

'. viously reinlering` the box less rigid and-op- `erating to materially'lweaken the' tuck.

- l1x1-our improved constrnction we form the are side of thebox 'of .two connected sections of equal width 'whereby the box may be col- .lapsed'withoiit the formation .of any crease .l

other'timn' 'those 'necessarily occurring et the more sim'pe and better-construction and orraugement are rendered possible.

Our improvements are also applicable, however, to ,other foxmsof knock down paper box or carton besides that 'hereinabove referred to, as will be better understood from the fol lowing description of constructions' embodying our invention, taken' in connection with 'theaocomp'anying drawings illustrative there of, in whichi Figure-1 is a perspeetiveview of o. sectorshaped boit or cnrtonfwithfthe bottom flaps t closed.y Fifi;-l 2 is a, similar View with the flaps open. Fig. 3 i'sebottomplen View with the 4bottom ilspsclosed. Fig. :bis a bottom vplan View with one of the'tlap's open. Fig. shows the-blankl from whiehthe sector-sl1aped boxis made. Figs. 67 and 'S areviews identical with Figs. 3, 4 and 5 respectively, 'except that 'the tuck-engaging sli-t is 'in a different flap.

Figs'i) and 10 are respectively en end anda perspective View of a. l knock down triangular box or carton ,and Fig. l 1 shows the blank from which the triangular boit' ismade.

In'the construction 'illustrated in'Figs. 1 to` 8 inclusive A designates a secter-shoped pa-` per box oli-carton, which, although herein re paper, stravvho'aid, wood-veneer, orotherthi-n fel-red o as a paperpb'ox, may be made of sheet' material, and which, as, shownv in. this instance, is ciosed at, one end only. The

sides of the box comprise tvv-aequol and simila'r radins sides A A 'anden are-side oom- -posed of two eq lmlmld similar sections A8 A, the radius sides being sually wider'thau the sections forming the are side. In the approved form of box shownthe angle between the radius'sides is vSibont seventy-two degrees or one vfth of a fnll.cirele,so that tive such boxes exactly suffice to form one horizontal layer in the packing pail or receptacle withontwaste of space. It is oiivious,.however, that the boxes might be so proportioned, if

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y f .and sections TA? A4; one of said dapsbeing y ilssa layer.

When, asis usually the caser-the pacliing" 5,A pail flares toward the top .it is necessary, in order that the boxes may lit the pail closely, to make them of tapered form but with ythe arc sides only inclined, Athe radius sides being f necessarily perpendicular tothe planes of the top and bottom ends'of the box-'in .order'that the contiguous boxes may come closely in lcontact wthfeach other when'packed within.

the pail. Y yTo this; end' therefore, the radius sides are made of trapezoidal'shape with their top edges longer than their bottom edgesand with their acute angles. toward ,the arcside of f thelboir' (see Figs. 1y and 2),-whilethe-seetiops forming are side 'aretmade of 'thfe'shapebf f truncated isosceles triangles'with `their fto'p edges also longer than( their bottom edges; 'the result being that rthe boxy is larger'at its top or open end than atits bottom orclosed f Y fend, asclearly'shown'in Figs.;1 to' S inclu-v sive. Said'bottoin forclosed end of the boxV Yis formed by'folding together the flaps c. ai',

as a* attached respectively to the sides 'A'. A2

provided with a tuckan'd an'otherwith a slit for engaging said tuck; such engagement serving both to lock the liaps in place and to aidin resisting distortion of the box. "f t Y i -f .To further stiften the box and tosecure a f rmersmoother bottom, one of the remaining flaps (one which is adjaccntto thstuck'ilaps) is' so shaped that when "the: flaps are turned one edge the side to which the tuck yflap-is attached and with its opposite edge will engage thetuck at the place where vthe'l'atter enters the slit, said remaining flap being folded over the outer end of the slit flap and under the tuck flap.' This improved construction and manner of folding the end apswe, regard as cause of the superior rigidity of 'the box th`u`s formed. Such rigidity is`due both' to the more intimate interlocking'of the tuck and slit aps `'with the third flap thanwhen saidtuck and' slit flaps are, as is usually the case, both folded lover said third dap, and to the 'additional engagement secured between the edge'of 'the Athird flap and the tnckat the'place where it enters the slit. Furthermore,the end thus produced is of unusual smoothness owingto 6c the opposite arc side section A", or in the liap 'a' attached to the adjacent. radius side A', the former construction being shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, ltand 5, and the latterin Figs. 6, 7 and 8. Said lisp a' attached to the rad'ns side A is ofthe bodyof the box and. (except for one small lcorner which, to save stock, is preferdownto form they bottom f it will. engage ywithV bethns-folded.

a mostimportaht feature of our invention be-- the aps being more fully prevented from sag.'

in both eases made of the general sector shape ably ent oit', as shown at c) 'is of the exact dimensions desired Vforthe bottom of the box so that'whenfolded down,l as yshown in Fig. 2,

yits rmargins engage.' the side walls and it acts 'asia form to determine the relative positions 0f the said side wallsand tending to prevent lateral distortion in any direction'.

i The Hap! above referred to asfolding over der the tuck-'bearing ap,"is,fin this instance, the tlapa:V4 attached tothe arcV side section A* adjacent to thetuckfbearing 'Hap a, said liap 7S the'onterendof the slit-bearingtiap and unf edgeswith`-the radius. 'sidesfAl and with its 'opposite ledge thetuek 'l' at the place where .thelatter enters ythe slit f S, as s lw in Figs.V 5

1, 4; Stand 7.-` In vfolding in the 'flaps to'form the Vbottoilnflaps ttf-and a', are first vfolded in,`

the one bearing' the slit 'S beiugonfthe outside. Y

The flapl a* is then lfolded. overfthe outer lend of the slit-bearing flap, as shownin Figs. 4 and Y 7. Finally thetuck iiap a is closed down and' its tuck T-inserted in the sl t S, thus locking the whole inposition.

Constructed 'and'folded inthe above'mzfmner the fiapsform a. bottom which holds the- `r l95 thereof. When'theilaps are disengaged the 'f box yinishape and Vstronglyresists distortion box may be readily collapsed for' packinglin. f f f knock-down "shape" rby bringing .together the corners Vtermed by the juncture of the-ra,-y dins with the arcsides. .The similar and equal.

radius sides will thenflie'face to yiaee-a'm' in the same plane with the' equal and similar arc sideswhich will also lie face to. face, and-obviously, as herei-nbefore statedg'no additional crease need'be formed to allow the blanks-to' The box abovedescr'ibed is made in the usual manner from" asingle blanlrlcntto the les;

Aand which isprovided along oneoi its edges with-two pairs' of angular projections formv ing-thesev eral flaps hereinbefo're described,- thel two fiapsforming'each pair' beingof equal length on their baselines, 2'. e. the lines of 4juncture between the flaps and the' sideform-f ing strip.' One pair'ot projections constitute Y the tuck bearing flap a2 andthe .flap d' which "ssulstantially the same shape and'dimensions desired for' the bottom of the boxthe KSO latte rliap being/separated. from the former and from theadjacent flap as of the other pair by V-shaped notches. The tuck engaging slit S is provided, asdeeired, either in the ap a,' `as shown in Fig. 5, or in the 'flap a' as shown in Fig. 8. The flaps a.s and as forming the second' pair are separated by auf;1 desired form of cut, preferably by`a more slit as shown, it being onlynecessary that such cut should leave the edge of the dan ai fot proper shape' to engage with the tuch st the nlacewhere the latter engages the slit facilitatethe bending ottiie stock on these zis ' the lbody of the box one of said ends-is pro- 'the flaps of 'teach end is divided into two the intersectiontherewih of the line sepa. rating .the plain sides and the'line separating" the ,two sections of th'ethirdside, the box be-l When-the apscre Ifolded in to form the bottom. Theanglesot both .edges of the flaps of the first pair and of tliexemote edges of the second pair equal' the angles desired at the adjacent corners of thel box. in. order to blanks and so save,stock,'tl1e extremefend of the sectorshaped 'flap a' is preferably ont short at o, which may bet-done without; seriously im pairing theeiectivcness of the flap. The parts of the 'blank embraced bythetirst pair of vflaps form the rdius sides 'andthose embraced bf,"

tions Iof the arc side 'of the box, the bla-nicheing preferably creased' 4'on the lines of divisicnd anden the base line d of the flaps to lines.

When the box is made flaring the portions of "the blank forming the radius sides are, as be.

foredescrbed,'otf trapezoidal shape and those forming/che twoseciionsof. the arc Lside yare of tapered forln,so that the blank in thiscase, being'Y composed of such lshaped.figureslying side by side, is necessarily cnrvili near in cnt lin'e, asshown. f

` -For 'securing the endsof the'blauk toitfoxiin vided with the usual paste strip '-P. Such strip may, however,`be dispehsedwith, iide-VA sired,and the endssecured by any of theotber ways known to box makers.'v4- Inthis instance the lin'e of juncture willy occnr between the:- -radius side A2 and thesec'cionA4 of the 'are obvious that the blank might bringslnchline of juncture beside, butfieis besliaped to tween any other two `f uijoining sides or sec? tions, if preferred. t. Figs. i) and l show a ,-kn'ockgdown triangular boxeo with a third side formed in 'tivo sections E8..

E, corresponding' to the arc side'o'f said sector'shnped box; being'such ihat the periineterof the boxfat I equal parts .by

ing theeby collapsible onthcse lines.:v In'this instance the, plainf sidesA E Eiare made simitwo sections 3E? lar and of eq nal size andthe Eof thetbird side are likewise similnr andA of equal size. Moreover, in this instance, the

said sides are all of rectangnla shape so that theends of the box are perpendicular toits si es. SaidV boicis-also, inrthis instance,"

closed `attboth ends by e and of the flaps at each end isprovided with s tncgcnother with a slit; for engaging the tuck, and a third (one end forming flaps ce the vother reduce the necessary width ofthe v the second pair thetwo sec-r 'gages with the slit S nsti-noted on the same'generalprinclpless :the sectorshapedbox hereinbe fore described, and provided with end form# the proportions of the parts e. As inthe sector-shaped banconeV adjaceniI 5to the tuckbearing flap) is so shaped that when the flaps arefolded in tio form the end, one edge of said third fiapfwill engage with the'sideto which the tnck'bearing tia-pis attached and edge will engage the tuclsai the place where the .latter enters thedslt, said third lapfolding over the slit; bearing flap and under 'the tuck4 flap. This mehod of forming and folding the-flaps produces abox A of superior rigiditylwith ends which are bt' the usualsmoothn'essand which are lesslisble .to bulge or saggi-ascites lbeen bereinbefore explnihed'in connection withthe description of,

the sectorgshaped' box shown in Figs..l to'S inclusive. Thus, in this instance, at one end theftuckflf' is" provided on the-Hap eanden-v inthe flap e2, the flaps being the third flap above referred to, en-

gagng'wit/h oneedge the side E', as shown in. VFig. 10, andA with the other the -ters thes1it, as shown' in'hig. 9. At theother end .the arrangement is slightly different, the

tuck as it en- .'t ck being on thefiap the .slit'in the flap `cinnd the flap, e4 foldingbetwee'n the twoin the manner described. Infoldingin'fthefiaps 'at the lrst -en'd the flap e4 is si; brought down followed bythe slit, apez, the lisp esi t and 'the ruck flap e.' in theor'der enumerated, At the otherend the Hap e cornes first fol- .'loivedinorderby the slit .Hap e3, the' flap eand the iuck ap'e2 i .v The finps/in the-triangular oox aswell es in' the sector shaped .construction have their 'edges vvcuiv 'to engage, as far as possible,fthe

oftheV box and this together v adjacent sides with the engagement of the tuck with the slit and the locking of the third side beween the slit flap and the tuck flap in the manner de! scribed, et'fecti.vely resists distortion and mninrains theshepek of 4the box. The

which such triangular 'box isA mfade' is illus?.`

trated` in Fig. Il. and like the sector-shaped box blank shown in'Fig. 5, it compriscsa com `vided with angular flap forming prdjec'tio'ns located along" two sdesof the strip (instead.

since'the ybox is,

thereby vform- 'respectively the sides E 3 and sections E8 E* of the 'third side.. The

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is usually 'creascdon thelinos of division bc tween the severalsideS, sections and flaps to2 'easyand: natural. A

provi ed'at one endof the .blank enablesthe Vends to be readily-'secured together in form- 'in'gthbox- Our improved construction of andfxnanlrer-A of folding thc end. forming dans may be ap plied to other varietiesoi'paper b'ox or carton than those herein setforth, and we have ac-4 cordingly claimed the4 same broadly in additionV 4tofeiaiming the improved constructions specifically set no tinnonsstrip of rectangular shape-WhichA forms the side-walls of the boxian is pros.

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render the bending of he'seme on these lines pasteA strip 1? usually forth. As ferinsisnce snob 5 herein shown. j

feature ,may he applied to a rectangular boil. m which two opposite a'psmsy be engaged We claim as our inventon-v '1. A knock down psperboxorcarton,having j sides provided with flaps folding together to form its endv Waltons off-seid lisps beingprof.l to rvided with a. tuck, a1 second http. .with a slit for engaging the tnek' andsthird-Iip ioli-- f ingover ,the slit depend under the tuck flap,

the end, one of seid flaps being provided with s, tnck,a second 'flap with a. slit for engaging th'e'tuck and a third flap folding over the slit d op and lunder the tuckflap and engaging with one edge the tuck atthe placewhere the latter enters vthe slit, substantially es de- 5. Aknockdownpaperbox orcarton having scribed.

,two equal end similar sides, 4sind e. third side composed of two eqqal' :ind-,similar sections,

flaps on'the'rst two sides and'on thesectionai i 4 of the third side, saidaps folding together "a5v ter enters the sli't, substantially as d'estqrihed.-y

go' gging thetnck and a-'third nap on s. side adi? T45 of the third side, whereby Vthis -box may be anchl engaging at one edge with the trick et the point where the latterenters the 'slit,s'nb

t5 stantially afs described. l

2. Aknock down paper box orcsrtomhnving to form the end of the bo'x,'o ne of said flaps A being .provided with 'a tuck,a second flap with 'a slit for' engaging the'tnck end a, third Hap -folding over the slit dep and'nnder thetnck .sides-provided with flaps folding together to Hap and engaging' with one edge the tuck at form its. end-wall, one'ofsaid tiaps beingpro- -the place'wherethe latter enters theslit, sobvided with -a.=t`u`ck, a. second tls with 'a s litstantially'ss describedl zo for engaging'l thetnck and-a thlrd'apfold- 6. Asector shaped carton comprising two ingoverthe slit n'p and under. the' ltrick -tlap ,redius sidesandn are side made in two sec. and engaging with one edge the side to which tions, atlap'on' one of the radius sides shaped-V the tuck flap is. attc'hjedand with the .oppotot the adjacent angles of the boxsndeps site edge' the tuck st the plsce`whex'ethe1nton the other sides, one provided with a. tuck,

another,within4 slit-'to'engage the :.tnck, and

v'thejthird adapted to fold betweenfthe. slit dsp sidesi providedwithtlaps foldingtogetherfft' and 'tuck flap and .engage the tuck where it form the end, one of Vsaid aps'jbeii'gf pro?. ienters' the-slit` substantiallyas described.

vided with u tuck, a second with'nslibfo'r eri--..` sector 'shaped carton comprising two eqol and similar trapezo'idnl radins sides, and afnf 'arc side inade 'of two eqnal'snd sirjnilar 'tapered sections, e ach 'o f the radins sides and yeach section of the arc side being provided with n single dep', one of thesps being .provided `rwith a tnck,another with a slit to engage' the tuck ende/third being adaptedto oldhetween the slit dep and tuck flap. apdengage the tnck where' itenters the slit, substantially as described .In testimony that we claim' the foregoing as our invention we aixonr. signstnresin .presence of two witnesses.

WARREN B. Howe. FRANK yB. mtvilison.I

V3. Aknock down paperbox oreal-ton hav-ingg joining thefsideto which 'the'tuck ilapisatf. tschedfoldin g overthe slit Hap and-under lthe .tnck flap and en gaggingA with one :edge thesaid' side to which the tuckflp is attahd, and 35 4 with the opposite edge the' tuck aithe place' where the latter enters-'the'slifsubstantially Aas described. f 4. A knock down paper box o'rcarton having vthree sides one of which 4is made' intwo -sec- 4o tions, the relative proportions of thepsrts be-l ing such that the perimeter'of' the' hoxat'eeoh' end is divided into two eq'unl psrts'by the line of juncture between the first. two .sides and the line-of juncture between the two sections collapsed on said lines of juncture, flaps on 'the rst two sides and lon' the sections of the' .third side, said ilapsiolding together to .form

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. GRAVES, G. W.v HIGGINS, Jr. 

